DARKRADIANT(1)

DARKRADIANT 💅✨

okay bestie, so you know how we don't gatekeep — here's the manual for darkradiant, section 1 of the manual pages. it's the level editor for The Dark Mod and honestly? she's iconic. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

darkradiant — the level editor for The Dark Mod. that's it, that's the vibe 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

darkradiant [ options ] filename

literally just the command, some options if you're feeling fancy, and a file. no cap. 🦋

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so DarkRadiant is a level editor for The Dark Mod, periodt. she loads and saves Doom 3-format *.map files, and she does it by pulling assets from inside a game installation tree. it's giving ✨organized✨ and we love that for her.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

here's the menu, bestie — every single one, no skips:

• --disable-sound — turns off the sound manager module entirely. super handy when your system is having sound device problems and you're like "not me fighting with audio drivers at 2am 😭". lowkey a lifesaver.
• filename — the path to the map file you wanna load. this can be either an absolute filesystem path or a mod-local path. your call, queen 👑

the three-directory system (iykyk)

okay so to let after-market mods customise everything to the absolute max, the id software game engines roll with a three-directory system:

1. the base directory — where the core game assets live. the foundation, the main character.
2. fs_game_base — meant for the <b>common mod assets</b>.
3. fs_game — where individual map authors can go even further and customise the assets used in their own releases. it's their moment, let them have it 💅

when you're editing Dark Mod missions, typically fs_game_base gets set to "darkmod", and fs_game is either left <b>blank</b> or set to the value tied to a particular map author's own release. cute, right?

these values are normally configured in preferences, but guess what — you can override them straight from the command line if you need to:

• fs_game=game — overrides the configured fs_game value. slay 🫶
• fs_game_base=game_base — overrides the configured fs_game_base value. also slay 🌈

💀 BUGS 💀

ngl, this part is a little sad. the lighting render mode is very limited compared to the Doom 3 rendering system. specifically: there are no stencil shadows, no foglights, and no other complex lighting effects. so don't come for her about the drama lighting, bestie — it's just not in the cards. 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

DarkRadiant is developed by the Dark Mod team, over at http://www.thedarkmod.com — go show them some love, they earned it 🎀

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this version was sourced from the DarkRadiant manual, dated 07/06/2018, in section 1 of the manual pages (you know, DARKRADIANT(1) 💅). go make something gorgeous. mwah. 💖✨🌸🦋